Men's Ice Hockey Snaps 10-Game Slide With 2-0 Win Against Colgate

HAMDEN,
Conn. - The Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey team snapped a
10-game winless streak with a 2-0 shutout against Colgate at the TD
Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn. Searching for their first win
since Dec. 12 (5-2 against American International), the Bobcats
received goals from senior Greg Holt (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) and junior
Zach Hansen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) as well as a stellar
performance from goalie Dan Clarke (Belleville, Ont.) to improve to
14-12-2 overall and 8-8-0 in ECAC Hockey. Colgate drops to 11-11-5
overall and 7-6-1 in league play. Quinnipiac extended its unbeaten
streak when leading after two periods to 45 games, at 41-0-4,
dating back to 2007.

"We are
extremely relieved to get back in the win column," Quinnipiac Head
Coach Rand Pecknold said. "The boys are pretty pumped right now.
There were a lot of games during this stretch that we should have
won and didn't. It's good to get it together."

Holt put the
Bobcats out in front with his seventh goal of the season midway
through the first period. After a failed Colgate rush resulted in
the puck wrapping around the boards, behind the Quinnipiac goal,
Mike Glaicar (Kamloops, B.C.) picked up the loose puck just below
the left face-off circle. The sophomore defender spied Holt
streaking down the ice and connected with the senior wing on the
breakaway. The pass found Holt's tape as he skated through the
Colgate defense and into the Raiders' defensive zone, leaving him
one-on-one with Colgate goalie Alex Evin. The lefty Holt faked to
his left and then flipped a shot over Evin's left shoulder,
depositing the game's first tally, top-shelf. The assist was
Glaicar's fifth of the year.

"We've been
doing a lot of neutral zone work this past week," Holt said.
"[Mike] Glaicar made a great pass and I was able to finish. We're
pretty happy to get back on track."

Hansen gave
the Bobcats the insurance they needed with his second goal of the
season with just under two minutes to play in the game. With a
5-on-3 power play, Quinnipiac worked the puck around the perimeter.
Hansen handled the puck above the right face-off circle and sent it
across ice to freshman Zach Davies (Smithers, B.C.). Davies then
fed the puck to Brandon Wong (Victoria, B.C.) who was sitting on
the left post. Wong watched Hansen move into the slot before
feeding him to give Quinnipiac a two-goal lead.

Clarke
recorded his second career shutout after holding Colgate scoreless
and turning away 26 shots. Clarke stopped 10 in the second period,
including a deflection that Colgate head coach Don Vaughan
contested went through the net. Clarke's counterpart, Colgate's
Alex Evin, stopped 34 of Quinnipiac's 36 shots for the evening.

"It was one
his best games," Pecknold said of Clarke. "Clarkie was awesome
tonight, he made some big plays. This game was right up there with
his game against Ohio State. Clarke has been a little up-and-down
lately, but tonight he looked like he did in November."

Quinnipiac
returns to action next weekend with a trip to North Country to take
on St. Lawrence and Clarkson. The Bobcats and Saints play on
Friday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. The
Bobcats close out its trip at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y. against
Clarkson at 7 p.m.